Definition of "fare" in 英语

noun

1. (obsolete) A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.

   • thoroughfare

2. (countable) Money paid for a transport ticket.

   • train fare
   • bus fare
   • taxi fare

3. (countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.

4. (uncountable) Food and drink.

5. (uncountable) Supplies for consumption or pleasure.

   • The television channel tended to broadcast unremarkable downmarket fare.
   • Just another channel that offers the usual fare of makeover programs and reruns of old sitcoms.

6. (countable, UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.

verb

1. (intransitive, archaic) To go, travel.

   • Behold! A knight fares forth.

2. (intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.

   • How did you fare in the exam?

3. (intransitive, archaic) To eat, dine.

4. (intransitive, impersonal) To happen well, or ill.

   • We shall see how it will fare with him.

5. (intransitive) To move along; proceed; progress; advance

   • We will continue to monitor how the hurricane fares against projected models.